Automobile clock



Dec. 20, 1938. M C L K R 2,140,925

AUTOMOB ILE CLOCK Filed March 31, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet l FIG. 3 I

INVENTOR. Max Sal/den Kar BY I I l V I fi ATTORNEY.

Dec. 20, 1938.'

M SCHLENKER AUTOMOBILE CLOCK Filed March 51, 1937 -sneets-sheet 2 Fla 2 INVENTOR.

Patented Dec. 20, 1938 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

AUTOMOBILE CLOCK Max Schlenker, La Salle, Ill., assignor to General Time Instruments Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of Delaware Application March 31, 1937, Serial No. 134,027

Claims. (01. 240-2) My invention relates to automobile clocks and tery of the automobile, not shown. In the back has for its object the production of an automobile part of said clock case 8, and adjacent to light clock that is mounted. in the door of a compartbulb 9, is an aperture ll through which projects ment preferably in the dash board of the autothe housing [2 with means for fastening it to said mobile and which clock has mounted within its casing, as shown. Said housing I2 has a flatface 5 casing an electric light operated by the starting l3, more or less substantially slightingly inclined battery of the automobile that illuminates the with the horizontal axis of the clock I. In said dial of the clock without the usual glare so that face I3, is an aperture I4, which is covered by it can be readily and easily seen by the operator the window pane l5 composed of preferably a 1 at night. transparent material such as celluloid or glass A further object of the invention is the prowhich may be shap to disperse the light r y to duction of a means associated with the said light uminate the larger sp o e o pa t e t that illuminates the dial, to further illuminate from the smalllight source. the said compartment in the dash board when nteg l W t the hOIlsihg are the p the door thereof is opened to permit the operator tions 16 in which the shaft I! is jour y mount- 16 to remove or put in articles in said compartment ed. A shutter member l8 having a projection H! at night. is mounted on said shaft 11, as shown. Said A further object of my invention is the producp ject o 9 is 80 p s as to Serve s a p tion of such a combination of dial and compartagainst the inner ce 0 housing to im t 20 ment lighting from a single source of light that the rotation of the shaft I! when the door of the 20 is extremely simple and inexpensive to produce compartment is opened as shown in Fig. 3, thus and which is positive and effective in fillinlinating positioning said shutter l8 away from the window both said dial and said compartment'when said (See 3) a to be ready to d op S utte compartment is substantially open for inspection. l8 against window I5 when the door 4 is raised I accomplish these objects by the means shown to its vertical or closed position. 25

in the accompanying drawings in which: The operation of my device is as follows:

Fig. 1 is a partial front View of a clock mounted When the door 4 of the dash board comp on t door of sh b r compartment, with ment 8 is in its closed (vertical) position, (see shutter mechanism indicated by dotted lines, as g. 2) the shutter member I8, is, by t e Oree of shown gravity, caused to assume a position parallel with 30 Fig. 2 is a partial sectional view, showing said e flat f ce '3 0f the housing l2 and contiguous clock mounted on the compartment door in its o the Window l5, thus completely coverin h closed position along a line Il of Fig. 1. aperture to prevent the passage of y g t Fig. 3 is a partial similar sectional view, showthrough d aperture M ro the light bulb 9 5 mg said clock mounted on the compartment door Within the clock case 8.

' in t opened position When the compartment door 4 is in this posi- Similar numerals represent the same parts tion (Fig- 2) the y passage of ht is throug throughout the several views: the front of the clock to illuminate the dial 2.

In the accompanying drawings I represents an The upper Surface at e shutter 18 ay be g 40 electric automobile clock having a dial 2 mounted y po d p ated to a mirror finish to assist 40 by means of a, plate 3 to the door 4 of comparte il'l reflecting the light to more efficiently illumiment 5 formed in the dash board 6 of an automohate the dial. bile. Said compartment door 4 operates onthe When the Compartment door 4 is Opened to hinge. l, as shown. The dial 2, as above mens u e he p tion shown in Fig. 3, the force of 5 tioned, may be illuminated in such a way that g y Causes e Shutter e be 8 to drop the hands and the dial will be distinctly visible at y fIOm the Window permitting e light night. As my invention broadly contemplates o the light b 9 o p s ugh e Window th use f any nd ll means for illuminating th l5 and aperture M to illuminate the interior of dial of the clock and the compartment associthe comp 5 t Will thus be seen that ated with the clock from a single light source when the door of the compartment 5 is opened 50 means I have not shown any of the specific means at night that the compartment is automatically employed for illuminating said dial. lighted by means above described. Mounted within the clock case 8 of the clock I It will be understood, of course, that while I is the electric light bulb 9, which is serviced by hav here sh wn one form of my invention. I do u the conduit wires ID from the usual starting batnot wish to limit myself to the exact form shown 1. In an automobile, a compartment, a door for said compartment, a clock casing having an aperture fastened in said door, a dial in said casing, a

light in said casing for illuminating said dial, and means adaptable for opening said aperture when said door is in its substantially open position whereby said compartment is simultaneously illuminated by means of said light.

2. In an automobile, a compartment, a door for said compartment, a clock casing having an aperture fastened in said door, a dial in said casing, a light in said casing for illuminating said dial, and movable means adaptable for opening said aperture when said door is in its substantially horizontal position whereby said compartment is simultaneously illuminated by means of said light.

3. In an automobile having a dashboard, a compartment having a door in said dash, a clock including a casing having an aperture and a dial mounted in said door, an electric lamp mounted within said casing for illuminating said dial,

movable means adaptable for opening said aperture when said door is in its substantially horizontal position whereby said compartment is simultaneously illuminated by means of said 7 lamp, and means for lighting said lamp.

4. In an automobile, a compartment, a door for said compartment, said door having an opening, a clock with a casing having an aperture and including a dial mounted in the opening in said door, a light mounted within said casing for illuminating said diaL and movable means adaptable for opening said casing aperture when said door is in a substantially horizontal position whereby said compartment is simultaneously illuminated by means of said light.

5. The combination with an automobile dash board of a compartment in said dash having a door, a clock including a dial and a casing mounted in said door, said' casing having an aperture normally closed by a shutter, a light in said casing forilluminating said dial, and means for automatically removing said shutter from said aperture to illuminate the interior of said compartment by said light when said door is opened.

MAX SCI-ILENKER. 

